B2B Launcher episode #379 tells why hourly billing is holding freelance writers back. The insight that really hit me: "You're not selling time, you're selling outcomes."
15 compelling reasons why hourly billing punishes efficiency, caps income, and erodes client trust. The shift to value-based pricing isn't just about money. It’s about positioning yourself as a strategic partner, not a hired hand.
#FreelanceWriting #B2BLauncher #WritingBusiness #FreelanceTips https://b2blauncher.com/ep379/?inf_contact_key=024da50da16193249fffa3683d1bc988
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Important perspective for freelance writers: The market shifts we're experiencing aren't just economic. AI is quietly reshaping client expectations and content creation. The key insight? Stop using AI tools randomly and start using them systematically to close capability gaps. Writers who position strategically in the next 18 months could see exponential growth.
#FreelanceWriting #AI #WritingBusiness #ContentCreation #Freelancing
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Systems Only Work For The Person Teaching Them
I'm sure you've seen the ads. Between social media and some newsletters I subscribe to probably a dozen of them hit my inbox this week.
Learn Indie Author Secrets
The Secrets To Being A 6-Figure Author
Your First $1000
Courses like that ar
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#AvoidingBurnout #NeurodivergentAuthors #WritingBusiness #ADHD #AuthorCourses #AuthorGurus #systems
Reclaim Your Energy from “Guru” Drain
Imagine this... You're sitting at your desk and an ad crosses your social media feed or maybe you see someone post about a class that really helped them. You go to look at the website and it's a slick marketing page. And the class costs $497 but promises that it will change your book marketing foreve
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#AvoidingBurnout #WritingBusiness #InternetMarketing #MarketingGuru
Authors Are No Longer (Just) Word Crafters
A long time ago there was the belief, a myth really because I don't think it ever was true, that authors wrote books, sent them off to agents who sold them to publishers who published them and got them in front of readers. Sure, authors attended genre and more general writing-related convention
https://authoryogi.eponaauthorsolutions.com/authors-are-no-longer-just-word-crafters/
#WritingBusiness #creativity #SustainableCareer #WritingLifeBalance
Dealing with the Demons of the Publishing Unknown
One of the hardest parts of being an author is putting together a story that you are certain is amazing, offering it to the world and...nothing. Books that you expect to be flops may be successes, which isn't a bad thing at all. But the reverse, those books
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#CreativeNervousSystem #WritingBusiness #CreativeNervousSystem #fear #MentalHealth #worry
Kobo ReWriting Life Podcast – 3 – Writing Diversely with Renee Harleston https://kobowritinglife.com/2025/02/11/kobo-rewriting-life-podcast-3-writing-diversely-with-renee-harleston/ #TheBusinessofWriting #sensitivityreading #businessofwriting #KoboReWritingLife #sensitivityreader #writingdiversely #KoboWritingLife #self-publishing #writingbusiness #KWLCommunity #authoradvice #KWLPodcast #podcast #writing #Kobo #tips #KWL
Five Questions To Start the New Year Right
It's that time of year again when my social media feeds are full of ads for programs designed to boost your creativity and your productivity in the new year. People are making posts about their "word for the year" and for the low price
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#AvoidingBurnout #NeurodivergentAuthors #WritingBusiness #2025 #Classes #NewYear #Programs #Resolutions #ShinyObjectSyndrome
Make Your Author Newsletter Count For More Subscribers
A few months ago, I blogged about what political texts taught me about marketing. And then a recent article crossed my social media feed that basically said that consumers are opting out (as many as 40% a week
https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/make-your-author-newsletter-count-for-more-subscribers/
#AuthorTechnologist #BusinessOfWriting #TechThursday #WritingBusiness #AuthorNewsletters #BookMarketing #marketing #ReaderEngagement
Now Is The Time For A Risk Audit. Are You Ready?
Publishing is always changing, but recent events have made it vital more than ever to do a risk audit for your author business. Let me be clear. Doing a risk audit isn't succumbing to fear or scare mongering!
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#AuthorTechnologist #BusinessOfWriting #WritingPublishing #WritingBusiness #AuthorBusiness #authorpreneur #bookstores #PoliticalClimate #RiskAudit
How To Keep Writing When You Have Unsupportive Family
Unsupportive family members suck when it comes to your writing. Let me share a story with you.
I had an aunt who had read one of my very first published books. It was bit of an add series; I'm still not sure it'd do well in the market because i
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#Creativity #WritingBusiness #CommunityCare #creativity #purpose #support #WritingCommunity
Changing How You Think About Author Business Expenses Saves Time
There's an old adage when it comes to business. You can either save time or money, but you can't save both. And in some respects that's true, but I also think that's a bit of a false choice. And something I've been
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#AuthorTechnologist #WritingBusiness #BusinessExpenses #FrugalAuthor #MoneySaver #systems #WritingBusiness
Are you excited to sit down and write?
I spend the first fifteen days of each month (my goal is 1000 words each day) working on my serial stories I release both under my fantasy pen name, as well as my queer erotic romance pen name. Today marks the transition from portal fantasy to my erotic romance, and it's this kind of transition that
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#Creativity #WritingBusiness #creativity #purpose #SustainableCareer
Unpacking The False Dichotomy Between Assistive and Generative AI
NaNoWriMo created a shitstorm (of their own making) when they released a statement on AI driven by their sponsorship by ProWritingAid, which has been used as an automated grammar checker, but now has unspecified AI features. (Pi
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#Disability #NeurodivergentAuthors #WritingBusiness #ableism #disability #SpellChecker
How to Not Make Your Subscription Site More Complicated Than Necessary
There's a rush right now for authors to create a subscription site, especially if they write erotic romance, erotica, or other works that are not welcome on Patreon or many other platforms. I am
#AuthorTechnologist #TechThursday #WritingBusiness #CPT #CustomPostType #patreon #Ream #SubscriptionSite #WordPress
KWL Recap: Advice for Translating Your Books (and Breaking Into New Markets) https://kobowritinglife.com/2024/07/29/kwl-recap-advice-for-translating-your-books-and-breaking-into-new-markets/ #TheBusinessofWriting #businessofwriting #translatingbooks #Self-Publishing #KoboWritingLife #self-publishing #translatedbooks #writingbusiness #bookmarketing #non-English #Marketing #marketing #kwlrecap #writing #Blog #Kobo #tips #KWL
Are you the consumer or what’s being sold?
The leading cause of enshittification of the internet is that the very people who use services like social media or crowdfunding platforms are now what's being sold--not the service itself. We've gotten away from selling goods and products to selling people and information
https://authoryogi.eponaauthorsolutions.com/are-you-the-consumer-or-whats-being-sold/
#AvoidingBurnout #WritingBusiness #burnout #marketing #MentalHealth #WritingLifeBalance
Finding Purpose is the Key to Following Your Calling
Last night I watched the first episode of World Eats Bread, which talks about sourdough bread in San Francisco and some of the bakeries, like Rize Up Bakery, that are doing amazing things. The bottom line was that the individuals profiled followed their passion. They had a
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#Creativity #WritingBusiness #creativity #meaning #passion #purpose
Just learned today about the FinCEN BOI form for US businesses to file-- I randomly ran across a mention of it in one of my author Discords, and none of the other Discords were talking about it at all!
At least it's free and not too difficult. It only took me 15 minutes and that's with me being form-stupid.
You don't need to sign up for a FinCEN ID--that's optional, designed for people with lots of companies they benefit from.
Removing Stress From Writing Is About Balance
I don't think I'm alone in saying that if I could just write and the stories would magically release and promote themselves then that would be an idea way to go. I've talked about how I made writing my "happy place", the self-care I do when life gets
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#CreativeNervousSystem #WritingBusiness #CreativeNervousSystem #creativity #MentalHealth #TimeManagement
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